By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “Before I went to jail, I didn’t know about a lot of stuff, and, now that I’m aware, I’m paranoid....
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist Twenty must be the magic number. Twenty years ago – on June 5, 1995 – I set foot in Haiti...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Recently, a writer from USA Today wanted to know if the National Black Chamber of Commerce receives money from...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist Last week, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, became the latest $100 million man in the NFL, joining a list...
Angela Moscaritolo, PC MAG (PC Mag) — The Netflix site is about to get an update. The video-streaming service has rolled out its first...
Laura Bliss, CITY LAB (The Atlantic’s CityLab) — California’s getting more and more serious about water conservation: For the first time in nearly 40...
WASHINGTON (ESPN) — The avid sports fan who occupies the Oval Office is refusing to take sides as the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State...
Keirna Mayo, EBONY (EBONY) — There is a peculiar artist’s way that orders the steps of the intriguing and impressively hush-hush 61-year-old whom industry folk,...
Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY (USA Today) — At first glance, Target’s (TGT) decision to offload its pharmacy and clinic business to CVS Health (CVS) may...
Aaron E. Carroll, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — One of my family’s favorite shows is “The Biggest Loser.” Although some viewers don’t appreciate how...
Jon Caramanica, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — When Shameik Moore got the part of Malcolm, the soft guy in a tough world...
Dany Padire, ASSOCIATED PRESS N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Suicide bombers on motorcycles simultaneously attacked two buildings including the national police academy in Chad’s capital...
WASHINGTON (WUSA9.com) — An October 2014 lead into the Relisha Rudd case led a volunteer New Jersey dive team to the Anacostia River on...
(TheSmokingGun.com) — The NAACP official who today resigned in the face of evidence that she masqueraded as black once sued Howard University for denying her teaching...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s not too soon to ask a critical question of citizens of voting age who tend to vote...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist James Baldwin was a gifted author and freedom fighter who made a big difference with his pen in...
By Kai EL’ Zabar Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender When I mentioned to my publisher that I had been invited to...
Greg Grandin, THE NATION (The Nation) — Last week, I wrote that the Dominican Republic has summarily stripped over a hundred thousand Dominicans born...
Zach Epstein, BGR (BGR.com) — We do our best to help you start off each week on the right foot, and there’s no better...
Chris Richards, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) — With the digital universe continuously crying out for our exponentially divided attention, we are...
Arman Walia, BLEACHER REPORT CAMBRIDGE (BleacherReport.com) — Dwyane Wade is probably used to playing basketball in June, but since his Miami Heat failed to make...
Neil Irwin, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times) — You can be forgiven if you haven’t been particularly riveted by the series of...
Daniel Zadik, THE CONVERSATION (TheConversation.com) — Food intolerance is often dismissed as a modern invention and a “first-world problem”. However, a study analysing the...
By Lynette Holloway Special to the NNPA via The Atlanta Daily World (NNPA) — Long before Rachel Dolezal, head of the Spokane, Washington NAACP...
William Grimes, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Dolores Spikes, who became the first woman to head a university system in the United...
